Common use of LOCAL ACCESS / TRAFFIC Clause in Contracts

LOCAL ACCESS / TRAFFIC. 1. Local access to all properties within and beyond the worksite for both vehicles and pedestrians must be maintained except when temporary loss of access is absolutely necessary. The Contractor shall give advance notice to property owners and business managers of any interruptions to their accesses. Reasonable effort must be made to reduce the affects of construction on the adjacent properties. 2. Barricades, road closed signs, detour and direction signs to be erected and maintained by the Contractor. Certified traffic control personnel to be provided by the Contractor. Pedestrian access through the worksite shall be maintained with clearly identified and delineated pedestrian walkways for the duration of the project. Walkways to be modified as required due to construction. 3. The Contractor shall submit a Plan of Traffic Control, Temporary Signage and Detours to the City of Terrace and shall ensure the City has approved the Plan prior to commencing construction. The Plan shall include signage, delineation and detours to address safety of pedestrians and travelling public, and shall adhere to the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MoTI) Traffic Management Manual for Work on Roadways latest edition. Plan to indicate: type, colour, size of signs proposed, location of detour signage, and business signs. Traffic control to cover various phases (stages) of construction. Should the approved Plan not cover the works to be undertaken on any given day, the Contractor shall, prior to commencing the works, review proposed traffic control with the City for approval. Radio announcements and signage required to inform public of road closures and detours shall be the responsibility of the Contractor. Approval of the Plan by the City in no way relieves the Contractor of his responsibility to meet WorkSafeBC and Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MoTI) requirements. Failure of the Contractor to subsequently implement the Plan as approved may result in the signage being erected by others at the Contractor’s expense.